braw

• bra', braa, bragh

From Middle English brave, borrowed from the French. Compare Swedish bra (“good; fine”).

• IPA^(key): /brɑː/
• (Northern Isles, Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /braː/

braw (comparative mair braw, superlative maist braw)

1. fine, handsome, good
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     This man, so gallant and braw, would never be for her; doubtless the fine suit and the capering horse were for Joan o' the Croft's pleasure.

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• brawlike

braw (plural braws)

1. (in the plural) Sunday best
   • 1839, Walter Scott, The Heart of Midlothian, page 207:

     "Ay, Madge," said Mr. Sharpitlaw, in a coaxing tone; "and ye're dressed out in your braws, I see; these are not your every-days' claiths ye have on."

     "Ah, Madge," said Mr. Sharpitlaw, in a coaxing tone; "and you're dressed up in your Sunday best, I see; these are not your everyday clothes you have on."

• “braw, a.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “braw, adj., adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /braːu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /brau̯/
• Rhymes: -au̯

braw m (plural brawiau)

1. fright, terror, dread

   Synonyms: dychryn, arswyd, ofn

• brawychu (“to frighten”)
• brawychus (“frightful, terrifying”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies